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Our hopsitals are being bought out by a company called CHS. Seems how they are a rather large company I was hoping that some people who work in CHS hospitals could give me some idea of what we can expect. Especailly if you have worked in a hopsital that was not previously owned by CHS and now is. We are currently a not for profit hospital, and sounds like we will become a for profit- which I believe means we don't have any not for profit hospitals in our city anymore. Any ideas how this will be affecting our community?

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I'm sorry, I'm still new to this and have not figured out how to yet ?

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I'm sorry, I'm still new to this and have not figured out how to yet ?

Click on "GilaRN" and a dropbox will come down. Click on the link that says to send her a private message.;)

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Specializes in NICU, PACU, Pediatrics.

chs as in carolina healthcare system or another chs?

if it's carolina pm me and I will answer as many as I can

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Specializes in ER OB NICU.

I am famliar with two CHS hospitals, and the one in my hometown leaves much to be desired, the other is 45 miles away, but the it would surprise you that the two are owned by the same company. It is definitely a for profit system. Here, in my hometown, every patient who registers for an out or in patient exam, stay, etc sits down and is immediately asked for any out of pocket insurance money they WILL owe on what they are doing. Including deductibles, co pays etc . They call the ins. co ahead of time, and present the patient with a bill before the service. Sad, but true. Hospital is failing more and more each week.

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Actually it is Community Health Systems...

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I am famliar with two CHS hospitals, and the one in my hometown leaves much to be desired, the other is 45 miles away, but the it would surprise you that the two are owned by the same company. It is definitely a for profit system. Here, in my hometown, every patient who registers for an out or in patient exam, stay, etc sits down and is immediately asked for any out of pocket insurance money they WILL owe on what they are doing. Including deductibles, co pays etc . They call the ins. co ahead of time, and present the patient with a bill before the service. Sad, but true. Hospital is failing more and more each week.

That's kind of what I am afraid of. Our hospital currently does a lot of charity work, and serves a very wide variety of people. We have another company in town who is already for profit and they divert all the homeless people, and low income to our hospitals. Doesn't sound like it will leave many options for a large portion of our patients.

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